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Happy Halloween from the Universe!
Posted by Ethan on October 30, 2009
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I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space… –Lord Byron, Darkness Or, in other words, boo! Halloween, believe it or not, is an astronomical holiday! The two solstices and two equinoxes are obvious astronomical holidays, since they correspond…
